SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 August 1924, Page 6

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

ATHLETICS. A 220 YARDS RECORD. BI CABLE—PB.ESB ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT BRISBANE, Aug. 23. For the State athletic .championship. R. C. Parker (Queensland champion), covered 220 yards in 21 2-sse'c., an Australian record, though it cannot he officially recorded, as only two instead of three watches were recording the time. CRICKET. SOUTH AFRICANS v. KENT. LONDON, Aug. 23. The South Africans commenced a match against Kent at Canterbury. Kent had made 385 for five wickets when stumps were drawn. The weather was fine, and the wicket good until just before six, when rain stopped play. Woolley scored 176, being the first to complete 2000 runs this season. He made his score in 160 minutes, and bit four sixes and 15 fours. Hardinge made 118, including 15 fours. ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, Aug. 22. For the county cricket matches' rain everywhere interfered with play. Middlesex, in their first innings, made 133. "Wright took six wickets f0r.38, and Woolley three for 28. In their second innings they made 334 (Dales 100 and Hendren 79). Marriott took six wickets for 92. Kent’s firstinnings produced 165 (Woolley 95), and in their second innings they have three runs oil for no wickets.

Sussex made 148 (Fender four wickets for 22) and 153 (Bowley 57) against Surrey 358 (Shepherd 111, Peach 75, Jeacocke 50, Sandham 71, Fender 50). Roberts took three, wickets for 51 runs. lorkshire made 291 for two wickets declared (Oldroyd 122; and Leyland 100) against Hampshire", 137 for seven wickets. Notts heat Northants on the first innings. ' TENNIS. AMERICAN NATIONAL DOUBLES. PATTERSON AND WOOD DEFEATED. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. At Chestnut Hills, Kinsey brothers won the national heating Pattrson and Wood, 7 —5, 5—7, 7 —9, 6—3, 6—4. In the first set Wood met Robert Kinsey, and each lost his service. The Australian stood within a point of winning the set on the tenth game, when Robert pulled out his service from I—3,1 —3, and Patterson losing the service in the eleventh, , the Americans won the second set. The Australians became extremely inaccurate, hut rallied, and breaking through Robert’s service twice, won the set.

In the third set Wood and Robert alternated with the loss of service, but Patterson dropped ( the eleventh, tlie crucial game being disturbed by the moving picture camera, whirring. The score evened at six all, when Robert again lost the service, and the Australians wop. the set upon his further loss of service in the fourth set.

The Australians were now playing in accordance with their recognised form. They quickly marshalled a three love lead, but Wood’s work again became patchy, and he lost the service in the fifth, outing all the returns. Patterson did the same in the seventh, and the Kinseys were in the lead. The Australians now seemed strangely weak, while the Kinseys were Maying steadily. Wood again lost his service, and the Americans won the set. In the fifth set the Kinseys' were playing carefully and accurately. They forced the Australians into errors. Mood lost his service in the second, Robert in the third, Wood in the sixth, Howard in the seventh, while Wood lost his service in the tenth love and the Americans won. BOXING. BOUTS IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Aug. 23. At the Stadium, Tommy Uren beat Merv Williams on points for the mid-dle-weight championship of Australia. The battle was strenuous, but not spectacular. William’s led for the first five rounds, but afenvards Uren made the hotter allowing. . MELBOURNE. Aug. 23. Billy Grime easily heat Harry "Whybrow on points. BLACKBURN DEFEATS RIDGRAY. (RY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 24. Blac-kbu rn (Auckland), 10.2, o-ainod a points verdict over Ridgray (Hawke’s Bay), 10.6, in a. 15-round contest last night, it was an even fight, and both took a lot of pnishment. .MATCHES AT PALMERSTON. PALMERSTON N., Aug. 24. A 15-round professional fight for a purse of £IOO on Saturday night between Bert Brown (8.11*)' and Derry Clinton (8.10) went the full distance. Brown winning every round. The loser recovered somewhat in the final stages, out was unable to make jiiiv imuressiou. In a six-round amateur bout C. AlcKnight (8.12), of Hamilton, defeated B°.v Pothury (8.13). of Palmerston 'V-i ‘ 011 P°Bits in the fourth round. 1-lie preliminaries resulted : C. McCabe, ]0.2, was given the decision against If. do Clecne, 8.9, on a technical knock-out in the first round; W 11 unt. 12.0, outpointed ,T. O’Keefe; and Nicholson. 10.4. was'given the verdict against Frame. 10.4. I